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MLG Arena and the TL Calendar - Page 15
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Iyerbeth
England2410 Posts
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Doomwish
438 Posts
Definitely a blow to MLG as this is pretty much the community site, but its their own fault for trying to set down greedy price tags to watch an event. In a community which is used to getting most of its content for free. What does sundance expect Good riddance. | ||
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vrok
Sweden2541 Posts
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archonOOid
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Devolved
United States2753 Posts
I don't think people posting in it matter so much considering it's in the Headlines section on the homepage of TL so bumping doesn't really matter until it gets cycled off the front page, which usually takes days. | ||
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Fenrax
United States5018 Posts
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ceaRshaf
Romania4926 Posts
MLG Adam stated in SOTG that they just go for word to mouth as advertising but it's TLs right to cut you off. showmethemoney | ||
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rasnj
United States1959 Posts
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ceaRshaf
Romania4926 Posts
On February 23 2012 18:23 rasnj wrote: I strongly disagree with this. This is a community site and from a community point of view it seems clear that there are practically no cons (slight clutter of calendar, nothing compared to daily showmatches, EU rebroadcasts and daily tournaments) even for non-viewers, but plenty of pros for viewers. Obviously TL can do whatever they want and do not need to succumb to popular opinion, but I really feel they are doing themselves and the community a disservice by refusing to act as an ultimate portal of MLG activity like it is with all other tournaments. You don't get it. Teamliquid puts your name on that list and you get people and they get free stream. For MLG, they put you on that list, you get people and they get..... | ||
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pampelmus
Switzerland215 Posts
On February 23 2012 18:24 ceaRshaf wrote: You don't get it. Teamliquid puts your name on that list and you get people and they get free stream. For MLG, they put you on that list, you get people and they get..... Yeah, exactly. Dudes watching embedded stream on Teamliquid = $$$ Dudes paying for streams on MLG = ... | ||
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NeWeNiyaLord
Norway2474 Posts
 Usually check the TL sidebar | ||
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syllogism
Finland5948 Posts
On February 23 2012 18:24 ceaRshaf wrote: You don't get it. Teamliquid puts your name on that list and you get people and they get free stream. For MLG, they put you on that list, you get people and they get..... Teamliquid doesn't have to "get" anything. The only issue here is, besides TL potentially taking a political stance, whether the calendar better serves users by not including a very major event. If the answer is yes, then the decision is correct. If TL thinks the main purpose of the calendar is to inform the community when events are being streamed for free, then again that is correct. However, if the calendar aims to be informative and TL is more about starcraft news in general than just free streams, the decision is wrong. I believe any reasonable person would conclude the latter is more reasonable. | ||
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
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Primadog
United States4411 Posts
On February 23 2012 18:49 syllogism wrote: Teamliquid doesn't have to "get" anything. The only issue here is, besides TL potentially taking a political stance, whether the calendar better serves users by not including a very major event. If the answer is yes, then the decision is correct. If TL thinks the main purpose of the calendar is to inform the community when events are being streamed for free, then again that is correct. However, if the calendar aims to be informative and TL is more about starcraft news in general than just free streams, the decision is wrong. I believe any reasonable person would conclude the latter is more reasonable. No doubt a blow to the PPV advocates, whether they're for Winter Arena or not. Curious how many tournaments would test PPV, now that one more card will stack against the business model. | ||
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DeSports
United Kingdom9 Posts
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syllogism
Finland5948 Posts
On February 23 2012 18:52 Primadog wrote: No doubt a blow to the PPV advocates, whether they're for Winter Arena or not. Curious how many tournaments would test PPV, now that one more card will stack against the business model. It's also a blow to anyone who views TL as a starcraft news hub and uses the calendar for not only to find out when events are being streamed for free, but also when they are actually occurring. As I said before, I don't always watch an event even when a stream is available, but rather follow a live report. Further, even when there is no free stream, it may be streamed "for free" at a barcraft event. Yes, TL will still cover the event but it is going to be more difficult to find out when the event is actually starting. | ||
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surfinbird1
Germany999 Posts
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Aunvilgod
2653 Posts
On February 23 2012 18:08 archonOOid wrote: why are tl taking a political stance? i can't really comprehend the reasoning behind the decision. ppv streams are a part of the future streaming landscape but tl thinks otherwise. however tl isn't equal to all of the sc2 community and mlg.tv is a well known website. If so, goodbye esports. You´re impressively naive. | ||
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ceaRshaf
Romania4926 Posts
On February 23 2012 18:49 syllogism wrote: Teamliquid doesn't have to "get" anything. The only issue here is, besides TL potentially taking a political stance, whether the calendar better serves users by not including a very major event. If the answer is yes, then the decision is correct. If TL thinks the main purpose of the calendar is to inform the community when events are being streamed for free, then again that is correct. However, if the calendar aims to be informative and TL is more about starcraft news in general than just free streams, the decision is wrong. I believe any reasonable person would conclude the latter is more reasonable. First of all "they" was referring to the people/members not TL organization. Second, hearing about a product is what advertising means. TL is not obligated to share your product to the rest of the community since the majority of the community may not benefit from hearing the news. So they can't do MLG a free service that is not a direct benefit to the community (indirectly it is, if you pay for MLG). And if you include "any reasonable person would think like me" is not helping you argument. You are just trying to force an argument win. | ||
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Otolia
France5805 Posts
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